Watchcase, &amp;c.



C. L. DEPOLLIER.

WATCHCASE, c..

UNTED STATES PATNT FFE@ CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y.

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To all whom t may concern Be it known that L CHARLES L. DnroL- LIER, acitizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn of thecity of vided at opposite points with two means y of attachment to thebracelet. The bow of the watch usually serves as one of such means ofattachment and at the opposite point the watch-case is usually providedwith a permanently projecting eye or loop of some sort to which one endof the bracelet may be secured. It has been proposed heretofore toprovide, as such second means of attachment, something which shall notbe readily visible when the watch is in use as a chatelaine or sautoirwatch, in order that it may not appear that the wearer is then using aconvertible watch, that is, a watch which, from motives of economy, isdesigned to be used also for a different purpose.

lt is the object of this invention to provide an improved form ofconnecting means to which the bracelet may be connected and itself shallnot be readily seen, disappearing into the watch-case center flush withthe periphery when the watch is used as a chatelaine or sautoir watch.

ln accordance with the invention the watch-case center is provided at apoint opposite the bow, or at each of two points, if desired, with ahole or recess adapted to receive a loop which may be concealed withinthe hole or recess or drawn out so as to be engaged by a snap ring orhook, but withoutV being wholly disengaged from the watchcase center. 1norder that the loop may be as small as practicable, the watch-casecenter may also be recessed or dished slightly on its outer surface soas to permit the hook or snap ring to lie partly within such dishedrecess.

The invention will be more fully eX- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May il, 1915.

Application led February 1, 1915. Serial No. 5,415.

plained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in whichit is illustrated and in which--r Figure 1 is a view in perspective of abracelet and a watch equipped with the improveddevice. Fig. 2 is a viewon a larger scale, partly in elevation and partly in section, of awatch-case which embodies the invention, the terminal link of a braceletbeing also shown in operative engagement therewith. Fig. 8 is an edgeview of the watch-case shown in Fig. 2, partly in section on the planeindicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2,V the terminal link of the braceletbeing also shown. Fig. 4 is a detail view in section corresponding toFig. 2 but with the movable loop pushed in. Fig. 5 is an edge view ofthe watch-case as seen from the right hand in Figs. 2 and 4. Fig. 6 is aview similar to Fig. 3 but showing the terminal link of the bracelet asconnected withthe watch-case through the intermediary of a swiveled snapring.

ln Fig. l of the drawing is shown a wrist or bracelet watch a having anordinary bow to which is attached one end of a bracelet c, the other endbeing attached to the watch at a point, as (l, diametrically oppositethe bow Z), as hereinafter described.

In the embodiment ofthe invention illustrated in the several figures ofthe drawing, the center e of the watch-case, having on one side the backe and on the other side the bezel e2, has formed therein at a convenientpoint, preferably opposite the bow b, or at each of two diametricallyopposite points, a recess e3, with its ends normal but slightly undercutso as to leave shoulders e4. The watch-case center is also formedexteriorly and on opposite sides of the mouth of the recess e3 with aconcaved or dished recess, as at e5. Seated in the recess e3 is amovable loop f which may be pushed in so as to be received wholly withinthe recess, as shown in Fig. 4, and thereby to become practicallyinvisible, or may be drawn out, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, so thatit may be engaged by a hook member c of a bracelet c as shown in Fig. 3or by a swiveled snap ring 02, as shown in Fig. 6. The outward movementof the loop f is limited, so as to prevent disengagement of the loopfrom the watch-case, by any suitable means, as by having its legs fslightly bent over to form lugs or stops f2 to engage the shoulders e*previously referred to. The concave recessingof the exs" terior face or'the Watch-case center e, vas at e5, permits the hook or snap ring to beengaged with the loop, When it is drawn out,-

deep recess or hole and the loop itself ybe variously Yiormed so as topermit the loop to be pushed entirely into the hole, so as to beconcealed therein, andtoprevent the coinplete disengageinentgof the loopfrom the Watch-case when the loop is drawn Outland that the invention,therefore, is not limited to the precise details of construction shownand described herein'.

I claim as my invention l. A Watch-case having itscenter formed With adeep recess or hole, a loop adapted to he received and'concealed Withinsaid deep recess or hole and to be dravvn out for engagement with a-hookor snap ring,fand means to prevent complete disengagement of the loopfrom the watch-case When drawn out; Y

2." A Watch-case having its center 'formed With a'deep. recess orhole onits exterior surface, andL also formed adjacent to the deep recess orhole With a concaved or dished recess, and having a loop adapted to bereceived and krconcealed Within the deep recess or hole and to be `drawnout for engagement With a hook or snap ring.

3. A Watch-case having its center formed with an undercut deep recess orhole and a loop adapted to be received and concealed Within said deeprecess or hole and to be drawn AoutJ for engagement With a hook 01' snapring'and having its legs formed with lugs to'engage the shoulders ofsaid deep recessor hole to prevent complete disengagementof the loopfrom the Watch-case.

This specilication signed and witnessed this 29thY day of January, A. D.1915.

n CHARLES L. DEPOLLIER. Signed in the presence ofy FRANCIS J. MURPHY,WORTHNGTON CAMPBELL.

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